The lawsuit questioned whether the relationship to the trustee would be an issue

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A former Brown University student is suing the Ivy League school over how it handled allegations she was drugged at a fraternity party and later sexually assaulted in her dorm room.

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday raises the question of whether Brown dropped a disciplinary proceeding against the student who allegedly drugged her to protect him because he was a trustee's son. She accuses a different student of assaulting her.